Originally Posted By friendofdd A topic about one of the candidates referencing "miracles" got me to thinking. These politicions frequently say things that sound good but, analyzed closely, make you wonder what it means. Perhaps we can use this topic to find out is anybody knows what they mean.
Originally Posted By friendofdd What does this mean? "... we are more than a collection of Red states and Blue states; we are, and always will be, the United States of America." Barack Obama
Originally Posted By Mr X I think it means, "we are more similar than we are different"... And I also think it means, he pays too much attention to polls and such, to refer to the country as "red states and blue states"...we are so much more than that and always have been! I like the spirit of the message though. Good topic, DD!
Originally Posted By gadzuux Huckabee was advised that it's pretty much a mathematical impossibility for him to be the nominee. He responded that "I never majored in math - I majored in miracles". To me, it sounds like code-speak to evangelicals, trying to justify his remaining in the race. Perhaps he's hoping to be the "anti-mccain" - an opportunity for disgruntled GOP voters to 'send a message' to the party. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to work - on any level. He may pick up some non-evangelicals along the way, but stats show that the people unhappy with mccain aren't likely to support him either - unless they're hard right christian. On the other hand, huckabee is operating his campaign on a financial shoestring, he seems to be enjoying the limelight, and he's useful in providing a barometer of how strong the evangelicals are - not very. For instance in kansas, where huckabee won last night, it was with a small number of overall voters relative the the democratic turnout - and in KANSAS! The GOP voters are demoralized. For all intents and purposes, the candidate has been selected, and it tends to suppress the vote. I mean, why cast your ballot when the nominee has already been determined? Will the voters that vote for huckabee in the primaries turn out for mccain in the fall? Some will, more won't. So he hopes for miracles.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I think it means, "we are more similar than we are different"...<< Yep. As political pundits on the news channels cover the election, there is a rush to divide the map up into red and blue states, almost suggesting that various states are unanimous in their support for this candidate or that, or think a certain way in unison. Of course, that isn't the case. The last few elections have been close in most states, so declaring one "red" or "blue" is really overstating it based on razor-thin margins of victory. All Obama meant is that despite our differences on some issues, Americans really have more in common, and more common interests, than the great divide suggested by those simplified maps. Not a very radical notion, except after the last seven years of "you're either with us or against us" thinking by an administration openly questioning the patriotism of anyone daring to hold a different worldview than theirs.
Originally Posted By friendofdd What does this mean? "Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right." Hillary Clinton
Originally Posted By Dabob2 That's "job interview 101." I remember being taught as a senior in college that when a job interviewer asks you to name a weakness with yourself, say someting like "Sometimes I work too hard" or "Sometimes I care too much about the project I'm working on." It was probably good advice in the 80's, but now it's well-worn and pretty transparent.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan What does this mean? "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." Mitt Romney
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It means...nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I'm going to eat some worms. I good effort of spinning his defeat into a valiant gesture in an effort to save the country from some terrible fate. A sacrificial lamb, so to speak.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It's an attempt to say that if we elect a Democrat (or withdraw from Iraq), we are "surrendering to terror;" both assertions, of course, are nonsense.
Originally Posted By friendofdd What does this mean? "But in this election - at this moment - you are standing up all across this country to say, not this time. Not this year. The stakes are too high and the challenges too great to play the same Washington game with the same Washington players and expect a different result. This time must be different. Now this isn't about me and it's not about Senator Clinton. As I've said before, she was a friend before this campaign and she'll be a friend after it's over... It's a choice between going into this election with Republicans and Independents already united against us, or going against their nominee with a campaign that has united Americans of all parties around a common purpose." Barak Obama
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The last paragraph means (and he has a point) that the right wing has hated Hillary for so long and so vehemently, that if she's the nominee they will be energized to vote against her. The last thing you want is to energize the opposition base. And although he exaggerates his "all parties" claim a bit (Republicans have voted for him in the primaries, but not THAT many), nonetheless he can claim more support from Republicans and independents than Hillary can; thus he's saying he's got a better chance in the general election than she. Whether those independents (let alone the Republicans) vote for him in November remains to be seen, but in just comparing himself to Clinton, it's a valid enough point.
Originally Posted By Kimber What does this mean? March 3, 2008 "I'm just getting warmed up." Hillary Clinton
Originally Posted By DAR "Change we can believe in." Barack Obama(various campaign stops) I honestly don't know what he means buy this. Good change? Bad change? Change from George Bush will be good. But change is always good from just about every President. The problem is when you ask an Obama supporter to explain what it means, you just hear well things are going to change. What kind of change? Good change? Why is it good? Because it's change. I feel like Rob Reiner's character in Spinal Tap being explained why the amp goes to 11.
Originally Posted By dsnykid That's how I feel about Obama as well, and that's why i feel McCain will win in November
